To improve the communication of both technical and H&S information for the workforce. The project is operating web technology linked to a library of safety videos for specific operations. Contractors, via a board of QR codes, are able to link to various health and safety and technical installation videos enabling workers to view the information via their phone at the...

The company are a great believer in the use of simple, visual safety messages, which are easily understood. Therefore, to reinforce the importance of the two metre rule on site they have designed and ordered company branded high vis vests with the slogan ‘2m DISTANCE – STAY SAFE’ on the back and front. As well as acting as a reminder...

The Site is using a fully integrated BIM Model and has commissioned Ambar Kelly to facilitate their innovative ‘Risersafe Solutions’. Ambar Kelly designs, fabricates and supplies engineered ‘chequer-plate’ covers for all Duct Voids through the pre-cast slabs and incorporates precise access holes for service installations to maintain safety and fire security throughout the building process. The benefits of this are:...

On this project an on site takeaway has been implemented for the contractors. This is to discourage the workforce from going to heavily populated areas where there could be a risk of spreading or contracting coronavirus. Food is pre-ordered and the contractors pick up their lunch and snacks at staggered times with contactless payments and social distancing guidelines being adhered...

Canterbury Cathedral is one of England’s oldest and most famous Christian structures and forms one of Britain’s few World Heritage Sites, along with the ruins of St Augustine’s Abbey and St Martin’s Church. The entrance to the cathedral is the latest to undergo full restoration. To enable safe access to the structure, full scaffolding was erected and the sculpture of...

Upon leaving London’s City Airport by DLR or car you can only walk to the adjacent hotels through a single public footpath which is covered in a timber gantry and hoarding from this project The contractor has therefore provided hand wash and hand sanitiser facilities for travellers on the public footpath. This was completed at the start of the coronavirus...

Children can never be too young to take an interest in civil engineering, which is why a group from a nursery school was invited for an explore and play session with the Rochester Bridge Trust . Eight pre-school aged youngsters from Castle View Nursery met an education officer and an engineer at the Strood end of the bridge, where their...

All site managers and office staff have undertaken Coronavirus Marshal training. The course, launched by construction recruitment firm O’Neill & Brennan, will provide coronavirus training for construction workers. The course is certified on the Register of Regulated Qualifications by Ofqual, and provides the opportunity to have a fully qualified Coronavirus compliance marshal on site. It will provide health and safety...

The traditional biometric thumb print activated turnstile has been changed to a facial recognition system with the innovative feature of automatic body temperature check. If the temperature recorded is above 38 degrees, a symptom of coronavirus, the turnstile will not allow access. This system can be retained and used across all sites after the coronavirus to highlight any attendee that...

The contractor has developed the relaying of the two metre social distancing message by the use of an audible recording to supplement signage. The message is triggered when operatives walk past. Additionally this can also be used post coronavirus to allow all types of safety and wellbeing messages to be relayed to operatives in a selection of languages.

An Activated Carbon Deep Bed Absorber with a large fan handling up to 50,000 m3/hr of air or 2 air changes per hour was installed on this project for cleaning the air of odours that naturally occur during the remediation process. This would also provide an effective capture velocity of 0.7 m/sec across an access opening of 20 m2, thus...

For ground stabilisation and to provide a cut off wall during shaft construction the site team undertook soil mixing activities. The use of soil mixing itself as a method to stabilise contaminated ground is not in itself new. Nor is the use of a cut-off wall to keep contaminated water out of an area. The aspect of this work not...

EARPS have procured a GoPro Max, which allows us to take 360 degree videos. These videos allow the site team to take one walk around site and capture everything that could be seen from the walk around in any direction, and can be reviewed on a screen at a later date. This can be used to undertake site walk arounds...

At the Broadway Project, Multiplex have implemented the usage of single canteen table, in order to comply with existing Government Guidelines. The Broadway is the first site in the UK, working with TCI to have these installed. The tables maintain the two metre social distancing rules, whilst allowing operatives to enjoy their lunches.

Redrow have taken steps to protect their workforce and the community in light of the Coronavirus pandemic. They have created a site demonstration video to aid their sites and contractors in going back to work on their sites. To find out more, watch the video below.

As everyone is well aware by now, the need to reduce unnecessary contact remains high while working on site due to the ongoing coronavirus health risks. In an effort to maintain a high level of construction site safety for all subcontractors and operatives in terms of the induction process, toolbox talk delivery, and general on site safety, it has been...

The project will help clean the river, but the team also helps clean up the local area. Regular plogging sessions are undertaken in the surrounding neighbourhoods, combining the activities of jogging and picking up litter. Find out more by watching the video below.

Where walkways are narrow to access the site offices and welfare our site have introduced a passing lane so that people can wait in here and allow people to get past. This has been really useful on areas of site where we don’t have the ability to make the pathways any wider and has ensured that people accessing or exiting...

To ensure our workforce can start work safely and undertake their breaks safely, we have implemented a permit system whereby when everyone is re-inducted back on to site they are given an allocated start time and allocated break times, along with which canteen they should use. This allows us to control the numbers and ensure that everyone can take a...

To engage better with the workforce and improve feedback, the EARPS team purchased a set of voting pads to use during extended SOS presentations and Stand-Downs. These voting pads allowed questions to be asked of the workforce and provide feedback on initiatives, site arrangement, and fatigue management. They are also used to keep our quarterly stand downs interactive by using...

The A46 Upgrade & Anstey Lane Widening contract are currently using a Bomag BW 174 AP hybrid tandem roller. This tandem roller combines an innovative hydraulic accumulator with a diesel engine to create a highly efficient drive unit. The diesel engine covers the base load and the hydraulic hybrid accumulators the peak load with the result that fuel consumption and...

Morgan Sindall at the Network Rail Werrington Grade Separation project in Peterborough have surfaced a public bridleway using a material that reuses waste and reduces our carbon footprint. ‘Flexipave’ is made with recycled vehicle tyres and acts as a flexible porous surfacing material. It is manufactured by KBI UK Ltd and is a 50/50 mix of recycled, loose ground rubber...

On the 196-222 Kings Road Project the site has introduced a foot operated portable wash hand basin due to the coronavirus pandemic. This wash hand basin can be moved around on site freely allowing operatives to use where ever they are working

At the Royal Brompton Hospital, Kier Construction London as a way of implementing closed loop recycling, used hoarding which is manufactured from recycled post-production uPVC and is fully recyclable at the end of its natural life. EnviroHoard™ is used in place of plywood hoarding and saves the deforestation of trees for an application that is equally satisfied using uPVC solutions....

Due to the hot weather, our internal trades are working in plots with entrance doors open. To ensure other trades are not walking into a plot where another is working and putting them at risk, we have set up ID sky hooks outside plot entrances. Supervisors must distribute the sky hooks to their teams in the morning, after requesting the...

At The Broadway project, Multiplex have implemented a divider on site double sided benches. This has allowed them to increase the number of workers using the drying room at any one time, while ensuring compliance with government guidelines.

The EARPS shaft was the 4th shaft of the CVB JV East Project to be installed. The EARPS site is also the tightest and the most congested site of the project. Following the same diaphragm wall construction methodology as the other sites, the EARPS Team has the additional challenge of a much smaller working environment. For lifting the reinforcement cages,...

Avondale Construction Ltd have taken steps to protect their workforce in light of the coronavirus pandemic, by introducing a coronavirus pictorial control measure board at their Arundel Great Court project. The board displays explanations and pictures of the control measures that have been implemented on site. With a large majority of the workforce not having English as their first language,...

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent risk our supply chain partners are exposed to on a daily basis by continuing to keep our projects running, we investigated a variety of hand sanitisation solutions as part of our on-site Coronavirus Management Strategy. There are many proprietary systems available on the market, but the majority required operating by hand,...

At The Broadway project, Multiplex have implemented dividers on canteen tables. This has allowed them to increase the number of workers using the canteen at any one time, while ensuring compliance with government guidelines.

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